The Best Unforgettable Quotes

Trust but verify!

Just one idiot can screw everything up!

Do it once and do it right!

Always do your best!

Just because it is there, doesn’t mean I have to climb on it!

Love what you do and you will be good at doing it!

Love what you do and you never work a day in your life!

I wish all Satellites would crash into each other!

Internet is the downfall of humanity!

I’m glad I’m already that old!

I’m not a pessimist- I’m a realist….…

. “…….go back where you came from” “they didn’t want me either”

One guy ruling over everything is not democracy!

… Just inject some bleach… You’ll be fine!

Here are a few...

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

I've taught you everything you know; I haven't taught you everything I know.

Chance favors the prepared mind.

The Golden Rule:  Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Alternative Golden Rule:  He who has the gold makes the rules!

Measure twice, cut once!

From my grandfather: "It's hell to grow old."   I always replied, "But it beats the alternative!"  Glad he stayed with us as long as he did! (1901-1991)

If you don't ask, you don't get.

USE to be my mantra;

“I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of science, whatever the matter may be.” (Thomson Citation1889).  ie Lord Kelvin

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"Better to have Died Beside Heroes, Than to Live a Lifetime Amongst Cowards"

"The Most Lethal Weapon on the Battlefield, is a Well-Aimed Bullet"

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
― Benjamin Franklin

"You can't fix stupid." - my sister

"Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - Winston Churchill

"When all the alternatives are eliminated, the Americans will do the right thing." - Churchill again, but sometimes, not always!

When you don't know, shut up!

"Better to keep mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open mouth and remove all doubt."  Supposedly an old Chinese proverb

..."never was so much owed by so many to so few" Winston Churchill

August 20, 1940 For the Efforts of the Royal Air Force against the Luftwaffe During the Battle of Britain (10 July - 31 October 1940).

..."Woman, No see the Light, until Taken into the Dark, by a Man"

"Man who makes Love to Woman on Hillside...Not on Level"

Chinese Proverbs

..."If You're Not Kicking-Up Dust...You're Collecting It!"

(The Revolver)

"...I said I didn't have much use for one...Never said, I Didn't Know How to Use it!"

'Quigley Down Under'

"...You Know, there Ain't No Forget'in"

'The Outlaw Josey Wales'

I do not like that person. I must get to know him better. - Abe Lincoln

If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind. - Robert Hunter

"Nuts" - General Anthony McAuliffe when asked to surrender by the Germans  at the Battle of the Bulge.

Great topic! There must be a thousand quotes I admire. Not so many I can remember off hand, though.

"three reasons for equipment failure;

1) human error

2) human error

3) human error

(the designer, the machinist, the operator)"

never been able to confirm but tribute to Admiral Rickover.

"$1 charge for marking with an X, and $9,999 for knowing where to put it" - Charles Proteus Steinmetz

Time wounds all heels

A close cousin of no good deed goes on punished.

“Love is not finding someone to live with. It’s finding someone you can’t live without.” ~ Rafael Ortiz

..." Better to Have Loved and Lost, Than Never to Have Loved At All ". For KMD

" No Good Deed Goes Unpunished "

" Fortune Favors the Bold "

" In an Investigation Assumptions Kill "

Autocorrect and failure to proof read are powerful adversaries.

Funny thing about common sense - its not that common.

You can't deviate unless you have a plan.

Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you... If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the man who is responsible when something goes wrong, then you have never had anyone really responsible. Admiral Hyman G. Rickover. Father of the Nuclear Navy

"It Don't Mean Nothin'...It Don't Mean a Thing!"

"What doesn't Kill us, Only Makes Us Stronger!"

"Not Everyone who Died in Vietnam, Died There"

"You talk the Talk...Do You walk the Walk?"

"All gave Some...Some Gave All"

" It's All 'Mind over Matter'!...If You Don't Mind, It Don't Matter! "

" I AM Lying! "

..."I Don't Offer Excuses! I Give Results!!"

"...I Give You My Personal Vietnam Guarantee"

"...I am Going to Take a Personal Interest in Seeing You Suffer!"  'Platoon'

"Listen to Me Now...Or Believe Me Later"

(Now, Go Buy My 8 Inch Wheels!!)

"Which School do I teach? I Teach Them All!"

Movies:

"The Ayatollah of rock and rolla'"

and my sentimental favorite

"You men go northward, you men go southward... I'm gonna' walk here in a circle"

"...Well, Die'in Ain't Much of a Liv'n, Boy!!" 'The Outlaw Josey Wales'